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School district adds facial recognition of sex offenders to ROC.ai...
A school district located in the U.S. state of West Virginia is building out its facial recognition system, adding the ability to cross-reference face images captured on campuses with the state's...
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UK appoints lame duck Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner
UK Home Secretary James Cleverly has appointed Tony Eastaugh as the new Biometrics and Surveillance Camera Commissioner. Eastaugh’s previous roles include director general for immigration enforcement...
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Precise, CyberLink and Genetec for biometric access control partnerships
Precise Biometrics has struck a marketing and reseller agreement with SystemHouse Solutions (SHS) to distribute Precise’s YOUNiQ Access biometrics as an add-on for Integra intelligent access control...
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Face-blurring video tools gain ground with Pimloc deal, decision on US...
Blurring faces in video is a growing business opportunity as more video analytics companies want to help clients stay compliant with privacy laws. One of these companies is Pimloc, which has just...
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Smart cameras’ built-in capacity makes for facial recognition fit
While smart cameras are designed for facial recognition systems, they are not limited to this specific function. Aside from facial recognition, they are used in tasks such as object detection, motion...
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As US schools rush into facial recognition, parents and students remain...
More than half of students and parents in the U.S. are concerned about using cameras with facial recognition to check people entering a school building, according to a new survey published this week...
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NYC argues over increased scrutiny for police use of facial recognition
An argument against giving police facial recognition surveillance is that transparency is hard to guarantee because law enforcement officials equate openness with weakness. Acrimonious debates about...
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Thales to support Indonesia’s new smart capital city with digital ID and more
Indonesia’s new capital, Nusantara, presents ample opportunity for French digital security and defense firm Thales to support smart city initiatives, according to an article in Nikkei Asia. Thales has...
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UK academic argues for local policy updates on live facial recognition over...
New legislation may not be needed to underpin live facial recognition in the UK, according to an analysis by a Brunel University London professor. Meanwhile, trials and production deployments...
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Rite Aid’s proposed biometrics ban would sideline it for 5 years
A proposed U.S. regulatory settlement between Rite Aid and the Federal Trade Commission would sideline the national pharmacy chain in facial recognition for five years. The FTC has proposed a...
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Privacy advocates concerned as New Mexico seeks further investment in mass...
In Albuquerque, New Mexico, officials are seeking additional funding to support the city’s real-time crime center, which has seen a number of major surveillance tech upgrades since its inception over...
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Herta launches facial recognition public safety project, awarded EU Seal of...
Herta Security has launched a new video surveillance and security project that includes real-time threat detection and facial recognition, which has also received recognition from an EU body for...
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Use of face biometric surveillance by US cops on ballots – boosts and bans
The advantages of biometric surveillance by police in the U.S. remain subjective and still not universally accepted. For example, a pair of moderate Democrats and tech investors in liberal-leaning...
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Spread of biometric devices spark fears over surveillance in Serbia, Kosovo
Serbian authorities have been building up their arsenal of drones equipped with advanced capabilities, including those that allow biometric data gathering, prompting experts to sound the alarm over...
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Law on public facial recognition surveillance submitted in Monaco
The tiny country of Monaco is set to debate its first law on public video surveillance systems with remote biometric identification. The draft bill, number 1087, was submitted to the country’s...
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Iris ID now exclusive North American distributor for smart camera with face...
New Jersey-based Iris ID, a leading biometric access control developer, has announced it is now the exclusive North American representative of the remo+ DoorCam 3+ LTE over-the-door connected security...
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Tiny US surveillance firm accused of rebranding Dahua for local sales
The U.S. government has charged a New Jersey company with supplying local agencies with Chinese AI surveillance cameras that are banned in the country, according to reports. A pair of news...
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Broadside from Scotland: UK is undemocratic with biometric surveillance
Scotland's biometrics commissioner is warning the nation is moving toward autocracy and inappropriate biometric surveillance is making "democratic backsliding" easier. Commissioner Brian Plastow has...
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LAPD plans to include private cameras in 10K-strong surveillance network
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) intends to develop a new surveillance center that will give police centralized access to live security feeds from cameras in public and private spaces, pending...
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Facial recognition could play key role in workplace safety for football players
A Player IQ report surveyed 41 national football player unions and found that workplace safety and fan violence is a growing concern, and tech interventions like facial recognition could help keep...
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